SideWalk (ELF)
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:22:58
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:vn country_code:tw
Context
SideWalk is a sophisticated backdoor used by threat actors to infiltrate targeted systems. It has been identified in campaigns primarily affecting government and technology sectors.
Exploited vulnerabilities
- CVE-2024-36401 (vulnerability)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Chinese Espionage Tactics (report)
- fortinet.com — Threat Actors Exploit Geoserver Vulnerability Cve 2024 36401 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Sidewalk (report)
- ESET — You Never Walk Alone Sidewalk Backdoor Linux Variant (report)